If you are planning to differentiate weapon categories then consider one of the following alternative rules: 1. If you have a small weapon (knife) then you...
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Troy Holaday
taholaday
Dec 3, 2007 4:15 pm
This was a good listen. Thanks for putting me onto it. I have thought about this concept a number of times, but I had never heard the name "fractal" put to it...
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Troy Holaday
taholaday
Dec 3, 2007 4:31 pm
I'm just returning to this thread in my Gmail to "star" the pieces I want to keep. I noticed this rather interesting argument and that I never responded to the...
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Kurt Rauscher
armchair_gamer
Dec 3, 2007 8:05 pm
... Couldn't the prodigy just have a lot of aspects related to their specialty? That seems like the simplest way of handling it to me. There was also...
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yasmine_bint_salim
yasmine_bint...
Dec 3, 2007 8:16 pm
... Well, my ears just perked up. Preview? *Sniff*Sniff* Where, when?!?...
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Bryant Durrell
durrellinnoc...
Dec 3, 2007 9:38 pm
http://community.livejournal.com/pandemonium_bks/142660.html Pandemonium lists SotC as their #1 RPG seller during the month of November. Nicely done! -- ...
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Bill Burdick
zotimersnerd
Dec 3, 2007 10:24 pm
I saw Steven Pinker present his book, _The Stuff of Thought_ on Cspan2 and I think it has a lot of relevance for FATE and PDQ players/GMs. ...
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Bill Hamilton
ubergeeb
Dec 3, 2007 11:17 pm
... Actually, I'd change that around. If you have a smaller weapon, you can't attack unless you get close enough to use it. If you have a larger weapon and...
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Fred Hicks
iago23
Dec 3, 2007 11:31 pm
Great news -- thanks for passing that along! Fred...
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ell_wu
Dec 3, 2007 11:31 pm
Actually, Starblazer was initially going to the system I use for my game. But because there was no rule book readily available for it, that's part of the...
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NoiseEHC
noise_ehc
Dec 3, 2007 11:35 pm
The original rules proposed by j0vin were the same. The problem is that nothing forces people to get only the longer weapons since they have no drawback (why...
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j0vin
Dec 4, 2007 1:14 am
... leave ... Good questions! This is a key point. The idea is not to make a choice of weapons about only one thing (either damage rating or reach). The...
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Palmer
palmerofthet...
Dec 4, 2007 1:23 am
... I have one question for you. Why does there HAVE to be something? ==================== I am Palmer, Squishy of Squishies. Look upon my bulk, ye mighty, and...
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j0vin
Dec 4, 2007 1:30 am
... leave ... I'm not sure I addressed the stated concern here directly, so just to be clear: selecting weapons in this S&S take on FATE should _not_ come down...
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apathyPiratess
imytholin
Dec 4, 2007 1:52 am
... So: reason out why your weapon gives you an advantage (or! declare it with the appropriate skill), add a +1 for superior weapon and it's all set, whether...
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j0vin
Dec 4, 2007 1:55 am
... There totally doesn't! The comment I made should only live within the context of making rules to support positioning in combat a priority in the combat...
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j0vin
Dec 4, 2007 2:42 am
... Sure! That's a great example too. Maneuvers and the superior weapon bonus are able to cover just about all the bases in the default S&S build too, no...
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Palmer
palmerofthet...
Dec 4, 2007 4:08 am
... The main thing to consider when looking at new rules/systems to add is simple. "What does this add to the game?" (in addition to the obvious "Does this fit...
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j0vin
Dec 4, 2007 5:28 am
... is simple. ... Totally! ... that may be the ... can be used ... has a feat that lets ... a normal one, ... normal. ... used to defend ... you can ... for...
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j0vin
Dec 4, 2007 8:04 am
Continuing to develop the basics first, here's a bit more elaboration on the default skill list for the SRD. I'm looking for the happiest-medium, lowest...
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Chris Cooper
insectking
Dec 4, 2007 4:01 pm
... Every weapon can have it's own Aspect and Stunt. If you try and keep the Aspects and Stunts 'similar' according to weapon type ala Unknown Armies classes...
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Fred Hicks
iago23
Dec 4, 2007 4:07 pm
http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?t=367487 The poster in that thread asks: "But, know what, I've never really experienced a great SOTC, down-to-the-wire, ...
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Brad Murray
bjmurray.hal...
Dec 4, 2007 4:58 pm
... We started with this idea in our Spirit of the Far Future project but it didn't survive playtesting -- while aspects are very cool and the idea of treating...
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j0vin
Dec 4, 2007 8:03 pm
... Thanks for the ideas guys! Alternate damage/combat rules will definitely be included in the SRD. I've been doing some research and when I get more...
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Chris Cooper
insectking
Dec 5, 2007 4:48 pm
... Alternatively, insist the players use the weapon's Aspect and Stunt as one of their own or they can only tag the Aspect if they possess a skill of a...
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douglaedtke@...
caffeineboy_1
Dec 5, 2007 5:37 pm
In my SotC fantasy hack I've reigned the characters in a bit so they have a pyramid with an apex of Great (10 Skills total to start), 7 Aspects (two from each...
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pbeakley
Dec 5, 2007 7:35 pm
Hello! First time post to your lovely group. I posted something like this up at rpg.net but I thought I'd bounce it off y'all directly. My very basic question...
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ell_wu
Dec 5, 2007 7:35 pm
One thing that I've often heard people say is that their setting can in and of itself be a character to the cast. Frequently, you'll hear people say this about...
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Mel White
pmelwhite
Dec 5, 2007 8:03 pm
Elliott, This is a neat idea. How do you see the characters and the setting interacting? I could envision the setting using its skills on the characters...
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j0vin
Dec 6, 2007 4:09 am
... Neat twist. *paste to notepad* ;^P______________________________________________________________________________...
